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- Javan Rhino
Javan rhinos are the most threatened of the five rhino...
- Whale Shark
Protect endangered species, including the whale shark, at...
- Hector's Dolphin
Hector’s dolphins are the smallest and rarest marine...
- Amur Leopard
Called Land of the Leopard National Park, this marked a...
- Red Panda
Red pandas are often killed when they get caught in traps...
- Sunda Tiger
The greatest threats to this critically endangered animal,...
- Indian Elephant
Elephants are large and destructive animals and small...
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- Sumatran Elephant
Sumatran elephants feed on a variety of plants and deposit...
- Sumatran Rhino
They are covered with long hair and are more closely related...
- Javan Rhino
- Javan Rhinos. Once found throughout south-east Asia, Javan rhinos have suffered a staggering decline in their numbers due to hunting and habitat loss.
- Amur Leopard. The Amur leopard is one of the rarest big cats in the world, with only around 100 individuals left in the wild. Although their wild population seems to be stable and increasing, these leopard subspecies are still critically endangered since 1996.
- Sunda Island Tiger. The Sunda Island tiger, or the Sumatran tiger, is the smallest tiger subspecies in the world, weighing up to 140kg. For reference, the tigers that live in the Amur region are the biggest of all the big cats where males can weigh up to twice as much as Sunda Island tigers.
- Mountain Gorillas. The Mountain gorilla is a subspecies of the eastern gorilla, which lives in two isolated populations in the high-altitude forests up in the volcanic, mountainous regions of the Democratic Republic of Congo, Rwanda and Uganda, and in the Bwindi Impenetrable National Park of Uganda.
The IUCN Red List Categories and Criteria are intended to be an easily and widely understood system for classifying species at high risk of global extinction. It divides species into nine categories: Not Evaluated, Data Deficient, Least Concern, Near Threatened, Vulnerable, Endangered, Critically Endangered, Extinct in the Wild and Extinct .
- Rhinos. Are rhinos endangered? Some but not all rhino species are endangered. Black rhinos, Javan rhinos, Northern white rhinos (a subspecies of white rhinos), and Sumatran rhinos are critically endangered.
- Amur leopards. How many Amur leopards are left? There are around 100 Amur leopards currently remaining, most of which live in the Russian Land of the Leopard protected area.
- Orangutans. Why is the orangutan endangered? All three species of orangutan—the Sumatran orangutan, the Bornean orangutan, and the Tapanuli orangutan—are critically endangered.
- Gorillas. How many gorillas are left? There are two species of gorillas, both which are critically endangered—the eastern gorilla and western gorilla. There are estimated to be only 2,600 eastern gorillas remaining in East Africa, and while the number of western gorillas is unknown, their population is reported to be decreasing.
Silky sifaka ( Propithecus candidus ), fewer than 1,000 still alive. The World's 100 most threatened species [1] is a compilation of the most threatened animals, plants, and fungi in the world. It was the result of a collaboration between over 8,000 scientists from the International Union for Conservation of Nature Species Survival Commission ...
SpeciesCommon NameTypeImageBaishan firPlant ( Tree )Baishanzu Mountain, Zhejiang, ChinaLeaf scaled sea-snakeReptileAshmore Reef and Hibernia Reef, Timor ...Amani flatwingInsect (damselfly)Amani-Sigi Forest, Usamabara Mountains, ...Araripe manakinBirdChapado do Araripe, South Ceará, BrazilThe IUCN Red List of Threatened Species™ is the world’s most comprehensive information source on the global extinction risk status of animal, fungus and plant species. Open to all, it is used by governmental bodies, non-profit organisations, businesses and individuals.
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Only groups containing at least 150 species are shown in Figure 2. Figure 2. The proportion of extant (i.e., excluding Extinct) species in The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2023-1 assessed in each category for the more comprehensively assessed (i.e., at least 80% of the group has been assessed) groups containing ≥150 species.
